Dr. Fu-Chan Wei received his medical degree from
Kaohsiung Medical College in 1972, and completed his plastic surgery training
in 1978. Subsequently, he had two years of Fellowships in microsurgery and hand
surgery at the University of Toronto, and the University of Louisville.
Dr. Wei became Chairman of the
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 1994, vice superintendent
in 1997 at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and Chancellor of the College of
Medicine in 2003 at Chang Gung University. During his tenure as the Chief of
the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, through his efforts in
leading and coordination, his institution developed into a world leading
microsurgical center renowned for extensive cases with an unattested level of
quality in head and neck reconstruction, facial palsy, brachial plexus, upper
and lower extremity, and breast reconstructions.
Dr. Wei developed many
ground-breaking concepts, techniques, and innovations which have revolutionized
cancer and trauma patient care, and laid the scientific foundation for this
medical discipline with major contributions in toe-to-hand transplantation for
traumatic digital amputations, fibula osteosepto-cutaneous
flaps for long bone and
mandibular reconstruction, and perforator flaps and free style flaps for
coverage reconstruction of various defects around the body.
Professor Wei has published
more than 400 peer-reviewed journal articles, 94 textbooks chapters and has
edited a total of 12 books in English. His most
recent volume on “Flaps and Reconstructive Surgery” published by Elsevier in
2009 and Co-Edited by Dr. Samir Mardini is regarded as one of the leading
textbooks in reconstructive surgery today and has been translated into Spanish.
Professor Wei served as the chief editor for Microsurgery for 6 years and is a
member of the editorial board for nine professional journals. In 2011, Dr. Wei
was appointed as the international associate editor of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery Journal. Dr. Wei has won numerous awards both
internationally and nationally including the Founder’s Lecture at American
Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery in 1996, the first Tord Skoog Lecture at
the Scandinavian Society of Plastic Surgery in 2000, the Maliniac Lecture at
the American Society of Plastic Surgery in 2001, and the Buncke Lecture Award.
Professor Wei was selected as
one of the 20 most significant innovators in plastic surgery’s 400 years of
history by the American Society of Plastic Surgery with the citation: his
“accomplishments have left an indeniable impact on the specialty” and this
“legend’s work serves patients for generations”. Professor Wei has trained 110 fellows and mentored 1438 visiting surgeons from 77 countries, many of whom have
returned to their respective countries to hold leadership positions.
